In the study, when longtime meat-eaters consumed an eight-ounce steak and a carnitine supplement, their bacteria and TMAO levels rose considerably.

WSJ: New Health Culprit Carnitine Found in Red Meat

Others believed that for lifelong meat-eaters, any damage had already been done.

BBC: Verdict favours British beef

So Meatpaper is a magazine that is not just for meat-eaters, it's for meat-shunners, as well, and anyone who has a curiosity about meat.

NPR: Former Vegetarians Start Magazine About Meat

Interestingly, vegetarians generally consume as much or more iron than meat-eaters.

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That could put meat-eaters at risk from unsafe meat, they claim.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Dietary choices appeared to play a big role in protecting the participants from heart disease, from which vegetarians were 19% less likely to die than meat-eaters.

WSJ: Vegetarians Live Longer Than Meat-Eaters, Study Finds

" Gordy wants only "meat eaters" on his "G-team.

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Over the course of 11 years, 169 people in the study died from heart disease and 1, 066 needed hospital treatment - and they were more likely to have been meat and fish eaters than vegetarians.

BBC: Vegetarians 'cut heart risk by 32%'